An essential guide for parents and parent education groups, the authors of this volume use straightforward writing and an appealing format to help parents with the discipline of children. The book will help parents develop their activities to increase their child's productive behaviour - improved behaviour which then transfers to the classroom.
Emphasizes the importance of a father's presence in a child's life, and then concentrates on what society can do to reverse the dangerous trend toward absentee fathers. This work includes case studies, discussion questions at the end of each chapter, an appendix of father's organizations and websites, and numerous references for further reading.
This essential guide to tic disorders and Tourette Syndrome tackles problems faced both at home and at school, such as adjusting to the diagnosis, the effect on siblings and classroom difficulties. Dr Chowdhury offers advice on how to manage symptoms, describing psychological techniques such as habit reversal and massed practice and reviewing ......
In this ethnographic study, Terry Arendell gives voice to a group of divorced fathers on topics including: their rights as fathers; their relationship with former spouses; the injustices perpetrated by the ex-spouse and the legal system; the inherent differences between men and women; and the fractured nature of the post-divorce family. The author differentiates between the strategies adopted by traditionalist divorced fathers and innovative ones, and suggests policy recommendations informed by this masculinist discourse.
This art therapy book helps children cherish their own unique qualities, respect other lifestyles and views, be sensitive of others' disabilities, overcome feelings of helplessness or isolation, and stand up for themselves and others.
This beautiful companion journal to the best-seller Remembering With Love provides the bereaved with a place to record and sort through their feelings and memories of the deceased, while offering insight via inspirational advice and quotations.
Parents' Survival Guide for Coping with Computers and TV
Children watch TV and use computers for five hours daily on average. But electronic media demands conflict with the needs of children. The result? Record levels of learning difficulties, obesity, eating disorders, sleep problems, language delay, aggressive behaviour, anxiety - and children on fast forward.However, Set Free Childhood shows how to ......
This is the Spanish edition of the world's best-selling art therapy book for grieving children. This book was designed to teach basic concepts of death and help children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone dies.
A Workbook for Children in the Advanced Stages of a Very Serious Illness
An art therapy book which helps children cope with a life-threating illness. Children are encouraged to express in pictures what they are often incapable of expressing in words.
